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ironise

ironise is the alternative spelling of ironize.

Meaning of ironize

Verb

ironize (third-person singular simple present ironizes, present participle ironizing, simple past and past participle ironized)

  1. (intransitive) To use irony.
  2. (transitive) To treat something in an ironic fashion.
    • His novels mocked and maligned the French middle class, ironizing it into oblivion.2007 December 30, Lee Siegel, “The Blush of the New”, in New York Times

Forms of ironise

third-person singular presentironises
present participleironising
past participleironised
pastironised

Questions about ironise

What is ironise the alternative spelling of?
Ironise is the alternative spelling of ironize.

Words near ironise in the dictionary

  1. ironing pad
  2. ironing pads
  3. ironing-board
  4. ironing-boards
  5. ironings
  6. ironise
  7. ironised
  8. ironiser
  9. ironisers
  10. ironises
  11. ironish

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